Comments on: 2023-24 Game Thread: Knicks @ Timberwolves (Knicks Road Trip Ender Opener, particularly not a thing)

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:59:40 +0000

I’m not sure the other owners will hate Dolan. It depends on how much they believe Toronto behaved badly and how outraged they are by the behavior. They don’t want spies in their organizations either.

By: rama

rama — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:23:19 +0000

Before we move on, props to Brian with the Road Trip Ender Opener. The challenge of coming up with one of these every game is significant, and yet, like Jalen Brunson, Brian (almost) always delivers in the clutch.

By: BernieErnie

BernieErnie — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:49:28 +0000

Reading the latest on the Knicks-Raptors lawsuit. Dolan has taken his dickishness to new heights. If they haven’t already, the other owners must absolutely hate him, as well as every employee in the Commissioner’s office. Silver (no pun intended) lining is that he’ll get the Sterling/Sarver treatment the first chance they get.

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:42:10 +0000

We’ve been shooting WAY over our heads from 3 lately. Part of that was probably the soft defenses we faced a couple of nights. Tonight we were dreadful from 3. Part of that was probably good defense, but sometimes the ball just isn’t falling. It was the end of a road trip. They may have been a little gassed. It’s just one game.

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:38:21 +0000

Any team with a good/great C, a big PF, and big guards and wings is going to give us a lot of trouble

I agree. We have some matchup issue with long athletic teams, any C that can stretch the floor and get Mitch out of the paint or anyone that can keep us off the offensive boards. I think one longer wing would help with some of that.

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:35:07 +0000

Grimes, Hart, and Robinson are all good players but it seems like we have one too many of these minuscule usage guys with very limited offensive firepower.

Terrible lineup.

The more scorers you have in the lineup the better, but you can typically get away with three scorers and two high level role players. In fact, imo having an elite role player is better than having a fourth scorer that’s not elite at anything else. Two scorers just doesn’t work unless maybe they are both incredible.

By: JK47

JK47 — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 05:24:46 +0000

We were down by double digits at one point and Thibs ran out a Brunson-Grimes-Hart-Randle-Robinson lineup.

That lineup had no hope of scoring against this T-Wolves defense. Grimes, Hart, and Robinson are all good players but it seems like we have one too many of these minuscule usage guys with very limited offensive firepower. When any of the 4 high usage guys are out we end up having to play these dismally bad offensive lineups.

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 04:15:16 +0000

Knox II with the DNP

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 04:11:20 +0000

I’m gonna cut Grimes some slack tonight due to his hand/wrist injury. RJ sucked from 2 but was 3-4 from 3 so that’s a positive takeaway.

The next two games will be far more telling. This was a pretty predictable loss to an all-in team that has finally become a real contender after a long playoff drought. I wasn’t a fan of the Gobert trade but it is looking a lot better now than it did last year. Good for them.

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 04:10:36 +0000

@EB
Milwaukee & Phoenix, once they get healthy.

I want to see them prove it first, but yeah probably